On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 09:38:38AM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:> >> rlimit_memlock limits the *amount* of memory that mlock() can be used> >> on, not whether mlock can be used. at least, thats my understanding of> >> the POSIX design for this. the man page and the source code for mlock> >> support make that reasonably clear.> >> >eh no. It defaults to zero, but if you increase it for a specific user, that> >user is allowed to mlock more.> > from mm/mlock.c:do_mlock() in 2.6.8:> > if (on && !capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))> return -EPERM;